Title from container spine. Anna Moffo, soprano ; Rosalind Elias (4th work), mezzo-soprano ; Giuseppe Di Stefano (1st work), Flaviano Labò (2nd work), Manlio Rocchi (2nd work), Richard Tucker (2nd, 6th works), Cesare Valletti (4th work), Carlo Bergonzi (5th work), tenors ; Robert Kerns (1st-2nd works), Robert Merrill (6th work), baritones ; RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & Orchestra (1st-2nd, 5th works) ; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (3rd-4th works) ; René Leibowitz (1st-2nd works), Fernando Previtali (3rd work), Erich Leinsdorf (4th, 6th works), Georges Prêtre (5th work), conductors. Recorded in Rome at the Opera House or RCA Italiana Studios between July 1, 1957 and Aug. 12, 1965. Originally released on RCA Victor: LSC-7028 (CD 1 and CD 2, tracks 1-9), LSC-6154 (CD 2, track 10), LSC-6135 (CD 2, tracks 11-12), LSC-6170 (CD 2, tracks 13-14) and LSC 6095 (CD 2, track 15). Compact discs. Program notes in English with German and French translations (11 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Manon. Excerpts / Jules Massenet (57:17) -- Manon Lescaut. Excerpts / Giacomo Puccini (55:02) -- La traviata. Parigi, o cara / Giuseppe Verdi (3:37) -- Madama Butterfly. Bimba, bimba, non piangere (11:28) ; O dolce notte, quante stelle (3:13) / Giacomo Puccini -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Sulla tomba che rinserra (5:29) ; Verranno a te sull'aura (4:39) / Gaetano Donizetti -- La bohème. O soave fanciulla / Giacomo Puccini (3:37).
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